Patricia took a seat at the Ravenclaw table and immediately started to fill her plate with the delicious food that was available. Once her plate was piled high, she took her Potions book out and propped it up against the pumpkin juice pitcher. In went the food as she scanned her new Potions manual, noting all the different and new things they would be doing this semester. She wasn't fazed by all the chit chat that was going around the table and she didn't really pay any attention to it. Her renewed interest in her school work made idle chatter seem unimportant somehow.

Anyway, so many people boasted about their own stuff that it made the conversation usually one sided in her eyes. And since she wasn't looking for a boyfriend like some of her older roommate, the conversation felt stilted at times. What time she had, she wanted to apply herself to her school work.

She finished her meal in no time and continued to read until the announcements were made from the Head table, which would come sooner or later.